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Homes destroyed in early morning S. Indiana fire

The structure is barely standing after fire quickly spread throughout the home, then spread to a neighboring house, and both were destroying.

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Updated: 6:48 PM EDT Mar 18, 2016

Homes destroyed in early morning S. Indiana fire

The structure is barely standing after fire quickly spread throughout the home, then spread to a neighboring house, and both were destroying.

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Updated: 6:48 PM EDT Mar 18, 2016

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WEBVTT ILL HAS MORE ON TH FROM BURNING. ERICA: THE BONES OF THIS STRUCTURE ARE BARELY STANDING. THAT'S WHERE THE IT QUICKLY SPREAD TO THIS HOME, DESTROYING BOTH HOUSES. >> WE WERE SLEEPING, AND THANKFULLY ONE OF S TOLD US ONE OF THE HOUSES WAS ON FIRE NEXT-DOOR. ERICA: IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR THOSE FLAMES TO JUMP TO HIS HOUSE. >> UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAD TO WATCH IT SPREAD. >> AS MUCH FIRE AS THE FIR HOUSE HAD, THAT HEAT TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE SECOND HOUSE. ERICA: BY THE TIME THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS GOT ON THE SCENEN FLAMES. THE GARAGE WAS COLLAPSING AS I WAS PULLIN ERICA: FIRE CREWS WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE FLAMES FROM SPREADING TO A THIRD HOUSE, BUT THOSE FLAMES DID MELT SOME OF THE SIDING. NOT ONLY WERE CREWS FACED BATTLING TWO FIRES, BUT THEY HAD TO D SUPPLY. THE HYDRANTS IN THIS SUBDIVISION AREN'T BUILT TO PRODUCE WHAT THEY , SO TRUCKS BROUGHT WATER IN. >> IT SLOWS US DOWN. THERE WAS NOTHING TO W WE HAD THE WATER ON OUR TRUCKS. THE TRUCK -- THE FIRST TRUCK IN HAD 500 GALLONS. ERICA: AS FIRE CREWS GOT THE FLAMES UNDER CONTROL, THE RED CROSS MET WITH FAMILIES, OFFERING THEM FOOD, CLOTHING, AND SHELTER, BUT MANY NEIGHBORS HAD ALREADY PITCHED-IN. THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS AMAZING. THEY CAME TO THE SIZES FOR KIDS. TOYS, GIFT CARDS.

Homes destroyed in early morning S. Indiana fire

The structure is barely standing after fire quickly spread throughout the home, then spread to a neighboring house, and both were destroying.